Heaven's Hook

From the balcony of prayer

You saw the cup would not pass
You knew the cowardice of an earthling,

In order to appease a raging mob

Would strip your flesh like clothes.

And you were willing

To be hung upon heavens hook

That you might catch men.

"I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto myself."

From the balcony of prayer

You asked that the cup might pass

But when it was tipped

You said Yes

And poured your own blood

All over you.

And so it became true for all of us:

"Though your sins be as scarlet,

They shall be as white as snow."

Amen